Worst advice you ever got

[Bipolarcy]

What's the worst advice you ever got or maybe pearl of "wisdom" from some rando that you took to heart? I'll go first.

I heard once, I don't know whether it was on the radio or where I heard it, that a sign of maturity is that you can do things by yourself and still have fun. For some reason, that stuck with me. So I started doing things, going places on my own. And while it is true that you can have fun on your own, I'd hardly call it a sign of maturity and the end result is that once you start doing it, it becomes habit, and before you know it, you find out you have no friends, or very few friends. My best friend is a high school buddy who lives 500 miles away from me, my second best friend, I text with and go out to an occasional meal with. My third best friend is a former boss who is dead now. And that's what I have for friends. There are other people in my life, but they are what I would call acquaintances, not friends, certainly not anyone I could call up and say let's go to a movie. No, I'm not lonely. I have children and grandchildren who live near me. But I often think about that advice or thought on maturity I heard way back when and say to myself, "what BS."

 

[JM4CY]

One time @cowgirl836 tried to tell me how to deal with some bees.

 

[mkadl]

My Dad telling me never to put up a hog building worth more than the house you live in. Truth.

 

[BCClone]

One time @cowgirl836 tried to tell me how to deal with some bees.

Always fire.

 

[Cloneon]

Always fire.

Are bees different than wasps? I ask cause after trying everything to get rid of paper wasps, I read a little dish soap mixed with water in a child's super soaker gun (to hit the hard to get places) does the job and they never come back to the same place. 5 years later, I can say it has worked like a charm. They immediately drop dead on the ground and the nest eventually falls with enough soak. Best advice. Nah, but maybe relevant here.

 

[BCClone]

Nothing good happens after midnight. It may not be good but it can be a lot of fun.

 

[BCClone]

Are bees different than wasps? I ask cause after trying everything to get rid of paper wasps, I read a little dish soap mixed with water in a child's super soaker gun (to hit the hard to get places) does the job and they never come back to the same place. 5 years later, I can say it has worked like a charm. They immediately drop dead on the ground and the nest eventually falls with enough soak. Best advice. Nah, but maybe relevant here.

The answer is always fire no matter what you’re dealing with.

 

[JM4CY]

Are bees different than wasps? I ask cause after trying everything to get rid of paper wasps, I read a little dish soap mixed with water in a child's super soaker gun (to hit the hard to get places) does the job and they never come back to the same place. 5 years later, I can say it has worked like a charm. They immediately drop dead on the ground and the nest eventually falls with enough soak. Best advice. Nah, but maybe relevant here.

Use that trick on Yellow Jackets and report back… if you survive.

 

[JP4CY]

"Let's go to the MoJazz basement."

 

[pourcyne]

Google Maps tried to make me drive my car down a bike trail in downtown Waterloo.

 

[CYISFLY]

Just become a Hawk fan, why aren’t you a Hawk fan. Because I think for myself and make my own decisions and I don’t need your crappy advice

 

[Lafaester54]

“Let’s all jump off this railroad bridge” …the railroad bridge between Dubuque and East Dubuque.
We all survived…one of my friends severely injured his leg and almost drowned tho.

 

[ClonerJams]

Just have one more drink

 

[helechopper]

“Just the tip”

 

[cowgirl836]

One time @cowgirl836 tried to tell me how to deal with some bees.

Yellow jackets and my man we can roll the tape on what I told you to do. It wasn't **** around with water wearing gym shorts that was for sure.

 

[HGoat1]

My dad took financial advice from Dave Ramsey and passed it along to me. I didn't have a credit card until I was out of college and having no credit history made buying a car, renting an apartment, and buying a home difficult. The person who passed along that advice to me had to co-sign for me on some of those things, ha

I suppose it was better than having a bunch of credit card debt to my name when graduating college, but I think I could have handled paying off a CC every month instead of using debit for everything.

 

[CycloneErik]

Yellow jackets and my man we can roll the tape on what I told you to do. It wasn't **** around with water wearing gym shorts that was for sure.

Please do. Receipts are fun.

 

[Bipolarcy]

My dad took financial advice from Dave Ramsey and passed it along to me. I didn't have a credit card until I was out of college and having no credit history made buying a car, renting an apartment, and buying a home difficult. The person who passed along that advice to me had to co-sign for me on some of those things, ha

I suppose it was better than having a bunch of credit card debt to my name when graduating college, but I think I could have handled paying off a CC every month instead of using debit for everything.

I have no credit card and no credit history either. I've self-financed everything I own through savings or taking loans on my 401K. I'm 70 years old and have gotten along fine without credit. Of course, there were some hard times, but I'm debt free and paid cash for my last brand new vehicle.

 

[HGoat1]

"If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life"

Maybe there are some people that this works out for, that is great for them.

I wish I would have done a better job when I was younger of focusing on getting valuable skills instead of following what I was interested in. I eventually did career-pivot to a field I am less interested in and certainly do not love. But now I make more money + have a better work life balance + am much happier.

Better advice would be "everybody hates their job so you might as well hate your job and be rich"

(obviously more complicated than that but yeah)

 

[cowgirl836]

Please do. Receipts are fun.

BURN THAT **** DOWN! BURN IT DOWN!





those are yellowjacket bastards. Do not play with those. And probably call a professional unless you are positive they cannot have a giant *** nest under there. Because their nests can get HUGE.

We had one in our basement that was legit like 8ft by 3 ft. Not ok.

RUH SEETS!!!